NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 10, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,927 active rigs as of August 3, 2012, unchanged from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +3 (ht: +7, vt-dir: -4) and total gas rigs dropped by -3 (ht: -2, vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +8 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +3 in Bakken (ND), while going down by -4 in Anadarko (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -3 in Permian (NM) and by -2 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -3 in Marcellus ( NEPA ) and by -2 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going by +2 .....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 03, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,927 active rigs as of August 3, 2012, up +6 from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +13 (ht: +9, vt-dir: +4) and total gas rigs dropped by -7 (ht: -5, vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -6 in Eagle Ford (TX) and -4 in Anadarko (TX), while going up by +5 in Permian (NM) and +4 in Anadarko (OK). Vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -3 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -2 in Haynesville .....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 03, 2012
Schlumberger (SMITH) Stats
STATS shows 1,830 active rigs as of August 3, 2012, down -28 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs were down by -7 (ht: -9, vt-dir: +2) and total gas rigs decreased by -21 (ht: -13, vt-dir: -8). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -3 in Bakken (ND), Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (TX), while going up by +3 in Barnett Combo (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -3 in Permian (TX) and by -2 in Monterey (CA). Horizontal gas rigs were down by -3 in Eagle Fo.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 27, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,921 active rigs as of July 24, 2012, down -11 from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +2 (ht: -3, vt-dir: +5) and total gas rigs dropped by -13 (ht: -10, vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -5 in Bakken (ND) and -4 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (NM), while going up by +3 in Permian (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +4 in Anadarko (OK) and by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -2 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went up by +4 in Granite Was.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 27, 2012
Schlumberger (SMITH) Stats
STATS shows 1,858 active rigs as of July 27, 2012, up +5 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +3 (ht: -4, vt-dir: +7) and total gas rigs increased by +2 (ht: -2, vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -5 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -3 in Anadarko (TX) and Anadarko (OK), while going up by +3 in Bakken (ND). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +5 in Anadarko (OK) and by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -5 in Monterey (CA). Horizontal gas rigs were up by +2 in Marcellus.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 20, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,932 active rigs as of July 20, 2012, down -17 from a week ago. Oil rigs were down by -13 (ht: +3, vt-dir: -16) and gas rigs dropped by -4 (ht: -5, vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), +4 in Permian (TX), and +2 in Anadarko (TX), while going down by -2 in Anadarko (OK), -1 in Permian (NM), and -7 in parts of Texas not assigned to a specific play/basin in our models. Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -8 in Permian (TX) and -3 in Permia.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 20, 2012
Schlumberger (SMITH) Stats
STATS shows 1,853 active rigs as of July 20, 2012, down -7 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +17 (ht: +10, vt-dir: +7) and total gas rigs decreased by -24 (ht: -21, vt-dir: -3). This week marked the first time total oil rigs exceeded 1,400, representing an almost sevenfold increase from the low of 211 oil rigs recorded the week ended April 10, 2009. During that time, horizontal oil rigs jumped from 60 to 813. Moreover, this week also saw total natural gas rigs drop below 450 for the f.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 13, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,949 active rigs as of July 13, 2012, down -12 from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +8 (ht: +5, vt-dir: +3) and total gas rigs dropped by -20 (ht: -13, vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +3 in Permian (NM), +2 in Permian (TX), and +1 in Anadarko (OK), while going down by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -7 in Permian (TX), but were up by +5 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs dropped by -2 in Haynesville (LA) and Marcellus ( NEPA .....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 13, 2012
Schlumberger (SMITH) Stats
STATS shows 1,860 active rigs as of July 13, 2012, up +3 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs were up by +1 (ht: -7, vt-dir: +8) and total gas rigs increased by +2 (ht: -7, vt-dir: +9). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Barnett Combo (TX), +2 in Bakken (MT) and by +1 in Anadarko (TX), while going down by -4 in Anadarko (OK). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +5 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs were up by +2 in Granite Wash (TX), and +1 in Woodford (Arkoma). The biggest drop in hori.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 06, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,961 active rigs as of July 6, 2012, up +6 from a week ago. Oil rigs were down by -2 (ht: -3, vt-dir: +1) and total gas rigs went up by +8 (ht: +6, vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +5 in Bakken (ND) and +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -6 in Anadarko (OK) and -5 in “Other”. Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -6 in Permian (TX), but were up by +3 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs went up by +3 in Marcellus ( NEPA ).